Supreme Court of India

The State of West Bengal v. Debabrata Tiwari & Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 611
Bench Krishna Murari and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 3 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Respondents-Writ Petitioners, upon sub mitting their applications in the year 2006-2005 did nothing further to pursue the matter, till the year 2015 i.e., for a period of ten years.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Service Law – Compassionate Appointment – Held: Existence of a policy issued by the State Government is a sine qua non for making appointments on compassionate basis – Howeve r, in the present case, there was no policy existing to govern compassionate appointment to posts under local authorities in the State of West Bengal – Hence, in the absence of such a policy, co mpassionate appointment cannot be granted to the respondents-he irs of the deceased employees who worked in the concerned municipalitie s – Further, the object for grant of compassionate empl oyment is to enable the family of the

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